Is the opposite of positive negative?: Untangling the complex relationship between work-family enrichment and conflict

Career Development International

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 650-659

  Powell, Gary N ^a   Greenhaus, Jeffrey H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict; Family life; Job enrichment; Quality of life; Working conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750968808     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620430610713508     Document Type: Article

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